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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms
Questioner: John ThuneWitness: Antigone Davis
Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Addiction & problematic useDesign feature: Content Algorithm
Q. · Question
John Thune
A. · Response
Antigone Davis
QuestionCiting the 2014 "emotional contagion" study and recent leaks showing similar effects on teen Instagram users, Thune asks what Facebook will do to counter it.
ResponseDavis distances Facebook's research from "emotional contagion" framing specifically, but describes a planned "nudges" feature to redirect users away from negative content spirals.